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Cascade is a studio album by William Basinski. It was released on 2062 Records[1] on April 28, 2015.[2] The release comes with a download code for The Deluge.[3] It peaked at number 4 on Billboard's New Age Albums chart.[4]

Cascade
Studio album by William Basinski
Released	April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
Studio	2062, Los Angeles, California
Length	40:12
Label	2062 Records
Producer	William Basinski
William Basinski chronology
Nocturnes (2013) Cascade (2015) The Deluge (2015)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	7.4/10[6]
PopMatters	[7]
Spectrum Culture	3.75/5[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

Ian King of PopMatters gave the album 8 out of 10 stars, saying, "The piece is so gradual that when the curtain finally does fall the phantom of that piano loop lingers in the ears for long after."[7] Meanwhile, Brian Howe of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, saying, "it has endless variation at the micro level, which creates the sense of a paradox—repetition that is impossible to grasp, slipping ceaselessly through your fingers."[6]

Fact placed it at number 40 on the "50 Best Albums of 2015" list.[10]

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes.

• William Basinski – piano, tape loop
• Preston Wendel – engineering
• Denis Blackham – mastering
• James Elaine – drawings
• Richard Chartier – design

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US New Age Albums (Billboard)[4]	4

References

External links

• Cascade at AllMusic
• Cascade at Discogs (list of releases)

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